Official UK procurement notice
ID 4808668 DfE - Consumer Council NI - Advertising and Communication
Authority: Consumer Council Northern Ireland (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Consumer Council wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide advertising and communication services to include campaign management, implementation, creative direction and evaluation to ensure value for money and impact amongst its target audiences. The requirement is to appoint a full-service advertising agency who can manage the campaign
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising management services · Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- AC1 Strategic Solution: 25.2%
- AC2 Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 25.2%
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 4.9%
- AC4 Business Continuity: 4.2%
- AC6 Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20%
- AC7 Average Hourly Rate: 10%
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (7)
- AC1 Strategic Solution: 25.2
- AC2 Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 25.2
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 4.9
- AC4 Business Continuity: 4.2
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5
- AC6 Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20
- AC7 Average Hourly Rate: 10
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Aug 2023, 17:30 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2023, 18:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
ID 4808668- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033371- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f67dFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
25 Sept 2023 → 24 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline25 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published10 Nov 2023, 18:01 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until24 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Nov 2023- Status changed to complete10 Nov 2023, 18:01 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Nov 2023, 18:01 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTDSMEContract | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · ARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2023
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Consumer Council for Northern IrelandContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.